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Love or Hate:
The Tale of Red Snitch
Chapter Three: Dispute
A week had passed and still Sirius hadn't talked to Lily. As a result—or so he thought—Lily had been avoiding not only him but James too. Yet, despite this, he hadn't even prepared himself for what he was going to say. Sirius knew he should, because as each day went by James became more and more discontent. Sirius remembered a time when he went out with a girl called Florence. She had been stunning—black hair down to her waist, sparkling eyes, funny, charming. He liked her and she liked him, but he never got round to writing her a letter and in the end, that was the reason she broke up with him. But then again, what could you have expected of Sirius Black? So he decided he would have to tell Lily, about how James loved her. How he truly loved her. How his moods changed according to the way she acted, how James tried so hard to impress her. Because although Sirius knew that he might never be able to understand why or in what way James loved Lily—and it really was love, he was sure of that—he knew that it would mean the world, or more, to his best friend if he was the one to get the pair together. But then again, it had already been seven years… if they were destined to be together, why had it not yet happened? They need help, thought Sirius, they need my help. And that's what he wanted to do—help, for once.
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"Listen! OY! Evans!"
Lily woke up with a start. She sat up and put her duvet to one side before she got up, stretched and climbed out of her bed. Normally she would open the curtains and make up her bed too, but the urgency in Sirius Black's voice was just too poignant to ignore.
"What?" she called, curiously yet at the same time sleepily. After all, she had just got up.
"Could you, erm, please come down here? Like, now?" replied Sirius with as much etiquette as he could muster.
Lily raised her eyebrows and, grabbing a dressing gown on the way, hurried down to the landing where Sirius was impatiently waiting.
"Yes?"
"We, um, need to talk. About James. And you. But mostly James. And it's not exactly for the others to hear," Sirius blurted. How could he say this, he wondered, without the situation having an awkward atmosphere? It seemed kind of impossible, But he would have to try. For James he would try. Seeing Lily's look of impatience, he quickly added, "But before you go off in a huff or make any remarks—I'm only doing this for the best."
Lily raised her eyebrows again. For goodness' sake, what was the boy on about? "Interfering in other people's business? Yeah, sure it's for the best," –he opened his mouth to speak—"but I'll hear you out anyway."
Sirius let out a sigh of relief. He looked around, then at her again. "Well, as you know, James… likes you."
Lily rolled her eyes. She even made a point of looking at her watch (which she had forgotten to take off the night before, so it happens), as Sirius struggled to get his words out.
"And you don't really like him back."
This time Lily opened her mouth to speak, but Sirius just continued. "Yes, I know, I know, he's big-headed, he's selfish, he's conceited… I've heard it all before. Anyway," he said, clearing his throat as she looked as if she was going to interrupt again, "he's been quite down lately and I thought that if I told you he loves you, you might go and talk to him or something."
"What?"
"Well, y'know, so that you would understand--"
"Understand."
"That's right, understand that James likes you."
"So you came here to tell me some made-up mumbo-jumbo about how James--"
"Huh?"
"Oh, I get it," snarled Lily, her face hardening. "So you thought that if you told me he loved me, I'd go crying at his feet? Black, how you manage to survive with your so-called cunning plans is beyond me."
"What? What do you mean?" Sirius demanded, wounded.
"Come off it," snapped Lily. "You're a thief and a liar, Sirius Black."
"Hey, hey, getting a bit harsh here, aren't we? I mean, what have I stolen?"
Lily, who had been on her way back to the girls' dormitories, whirled around.
"You stole the integrity of people around you—and that should be enough!"
"What are you on about?" yelled Sirius, but Lily had already gone—leaving him alone, angry and confused.
End of Chapter Trois!
A/N: Again, this may not have made sense… Might be explained next chapter… Sorry for its being rubbish, remember I wrote this aggggges ago. Please Read and Review.
